New Jersey Network
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| New Jersey Network | |
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| statewide New Jersey | |
| Branding | NJN |
| Channels | Analog: see table below Digital: see table below |
| Affiliations | PBS |
| Owner | New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority |
| Founded | April 5, 1971 |
| Call letters’ meaning | all stations: W New Jersey 4th letter: see table below |
| Transmitter Power | see table below |
| Height | see table below |
| Facility ID | see table below |
| Transmitter Coordinates | see table below |
| Website | www.njn.net |
The New Jersey Network, or NJN, is a state-wide public television and radio network serving the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is operated by the New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority.
NJN is a member of the PBS network for television and the NPR network for radio, broadcasting their programing as well as producing and broadcasting their own programing, mostly relating to issues in New Jersey. With studios in both Trenton and Newark, it has stations across the state that it uses to rebroadcast its signal.
NJN's television network covers all of New Jersey, plus parts of Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut and Delaware. The radio network primarily serves several areas of New Jersey that are not covered by the Philadelphia and New York City public radio stations.
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[edit] History
The system was founded in 1968 by an act of the New Jersey state legislature establishing the New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority (NJPBA). New Jersey already had a public television station licensed within the state -- WNET, licensed to Newark. However, for all practical purposes, WNET was a New York City station, effectively leaving New Jersey without a public station of its own. With state funding and four UHF licenses assigned years earlier by the Federal Communications Commission, the NJPBA went to work building the state's public television network.
Due to New Jersey being split between the New York City and Philadelphia markets, NJN's television network competes with three of the highest-rated PBS stations in the country -- WNET, secondary New York City affiliate WLIW, and Philadelphia market station WHYY-TV. As such, it has spent most of its existence searching to carve out a niche of its own. One of its solutions had been to air some of the more popular PBS shows on a delayed basis. Another solution has been to focus its efforts on its news operation. The latter has worked very well, as NJN and its reporters have won many awards for their journalistic efforts. In the 1980s, NJN was the first media outlet to break the "Taggart Affair" political patronage scandal.
In 2008, in the face of a proposed 35 percent cut in funding, NJN officials asked the state legislature for permission to become an independent nonprofit entity. Under this proposal, the network would likely be transferred to its nonprofit fundraising arm, the NJN Foundation. Two consultants looking into fundraising options say that breaking off from the state would trigger an avalanche of private funding.[1]
[edit] Television
As of 2008, the NJN television stations are:
| Station | City of license | Channels (Analog/ Digital) |
First air date | Fourth letter meaning |
ERP (Analog/ Digital) |
HAAT (Analog/ Digital) |
Facility ID | Transmitter Coordinates |
| WNJT | Trenton | 52 (UHF) 43 (UHF) |
April 5, 1971 | Trenton | 1950 kW 46 kW |
266 m 266 m |
48465 | |
| WNJS | Camden | 23 (UHF) 22 (UHF) |
October 23, 1972 | Southern New Jersey | 1530 kW 197 kW |
264 m 264 m |
48481 | |
| WNJN1 | Montclair | 50 (UHF) 51 (UHF) |
June 19732 | Northern New Jersey | 1225 kW 200 kW |
233 m 233 m |
48477 | |
| WNJB | New Brunswick | 58 (UHF) 8 (VHF) |
June 19732 | New Brunswick | 1320 kW 20.2 kW |
223 m 212 m |
48457 |
- Notes
- 1. WNJN used the callsign WNJM (the M standing for Montclair) from its 1973 sign-on until 1994.
- 2. The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook lists the sign-on dates for both WNJN and WNJB as June 5, while the Television and Cable Factbook says both stations signed on June 2.
- Signal Reach
- WNJS: all of southern New Jersey (including Atlantic City), as well as Philadelphia and Wilmington, Delaware
- WNJN: all of northeastern New Jersey (including Newark, Jersey City and Paterson), as well as southern New York state (New York City and western Long Island) and southwestern Connecticut
- WNJT: most of central New Jersey, partially overlapping WNJS
- WNJB: most of north-central New Jersey, partially overlapping WNJN
- Cable/satellite availability
The network is available on all New Jersey cable systems. In addition, WNJN is available on many cable systems in the New York City area, as well as the New York DirecTV and Dish Network feeds. WNJS is available on many cable systems in the Philadelphia area, as well as the Philadelphia DirecTV and Dish Network feeds.
[edit] NJN-produced television programs
- Another View
- Caucus: New Jersey
- Classroom Close-up, NJ
- Congress Watch
- Due Process
- Homeless Tails
- Images/Imagenes
- Inside Trenton
- New Jersey Works
- NJN Classics
- NJN News
- On the Record
- Reporters Roundtable
- State of the Arts
- Tomorrow's Medicine Today (produced by Medical Missions for Children)
- The Uncle Floyd Show (aired in the 1980s)
[edit] Digital television
The network's digital signals are multiplexed:
| Sub-channel | Programming |
|---|---|
| xx.1 | main NJN/PBS programming |
| xx.3 | The Annenberg Channel |
| xx.4 | JerseyVision (news/public affairs) |
| xx.5 | NJN-HD |
[edit] Analog-to-digital conversion
After the analog television shutdown and digital conversion, which is tentatively scheduled to take place on February 17, 2009 [2], each of the four NJN stations will remain on their current, pre-transition digital channel numbers. [3] [4] [5] [6] However, through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers will display virtual channels for each NJN station corresponding to their present analog channel numbers.
[edit] Radio
Unlike its television counterpart, NJN Radio covers mainly southern New Jersey, with only one in the northern part of the state. The seven stations all operate at relatively low power, with none having an ERP greater than 6,000 watts.
| Station | Frequency | City | 4th letter |
| WNJP | 88.5 FM | Sussex | Public Radio |
| WNJT (flagship station) | 88.1 FM | Trenton | Trenton |
| WNJS | 88.1 FM | Berlin | Southern |
| WNJM | 89.9 FM | Manahawkin | Manahawkin |
| WNJB | 89.3 FM | Bridgeton | Bridgeton |
| WNJN | 89.7 FM | Atlantic City | Network |
| WNJZ | 90.3 FM | Cape May | Z (New-Jer-Z) |
[edit] References
- ^ Behrens, Steve. With its state aid shrinking, NJN asks for independence. Current, 2008-05-12.
- ^ http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf
- ^ http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101231810&formid=387&fac_num=48457
- ^ http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101231811&formid=387&fac_num=48477
- ^ http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101231812&formid=387&fac_num=48481
- ^ http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101231813&formid=387&fac_num=48465
[edit] External links
- NJN homepage
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WNJT
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WNJS
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WNJN
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WNJB
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WNJB
- Radio Locator information on WNJB
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WNJM
- Radio Locator information on WNJM
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WNJN
- Radio Locator information on WNJN
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WNJP
- Radio Locator information on WNJP
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WNJS
- Radio Locator information on WNJS
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WNJT
- Radio Locator information on WNJT
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WNJZ
- Radio Locator information on WNJZ
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